Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



. No. 355741. I PATENTED MAY 14, 1907; LA VERNE SIMPSON a: J. STEIN.

METALLIG TIB AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLIOATION I'ILED I'EB. 11, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE` LA VERNE SIMPSON AND JACOB STEIN, OFPITTSBURG PENNSYLVANIA.

IVIETALLIO TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

To all whom 't may concern:

Be it known that we, LA VERNE SIMPsON and JACOB A STEIN,' citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful lmprovements in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings. i

This invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and theinvention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivemetallic tie made from a single piece of metal and provided withintegral rail fasteners.

Our invention aims to employ a series of ties for supporting and lookingrails thereon, the rail fasteners of said ties being arranged wherebythey will firmly hold a rail and prevent its lateral and verticaldisplacement.

To this end, we have devised a light and durable tie especiallyconstructed to engage in the ballast oi' a roadbed and prevent the tiefrom creeping or moving when once positioned.

Our improved ties are also constructed whereby the gage of the track canbe easily and quickly determined. I

The detail Construction entering into our invention will be hereinaftermore fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims, and referring to the drawing forming part of this specification,like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a series ofties constructed in accordance with our invention, illustrating asection of a track supported by said ties, Fig. 2 is a cross sectionalView of a track constructed in acoordance with our invention.

To put our invention into practice, we construct our improved ties oflight and durable metal, which is cut, pressed and punched toSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 11, 1907. Serial Ne. 356,'752.

Patented May 14, 1907.

the outer side of the rail 7 while the protuberance 5 holds the innerside of the rail 8. The rails 7 and 8 constitute a track, and theprotuberances 5 and 6 gage the width of said track.

The tie during its formation is also cut or sheared as at 9, and thesheared or cut material bent to form fasteners 10 and 11, the fastener10 holding the inner side of the rail 7 while the fastener 11 holds theouter side of the rail 8.

It is essential that in order to hold the rails 7 and 8 firmly upon atie, that a series of ties be used, and alternately arranged withrespect to the fastening means. In the laying of the ties, eachalternate tie is reversed, whereby the rails will be held alternately bythe fasteners 10.and 11, and the protuberances 5 and 6. This arrangementof the ties is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing, where itwill be observed that the rails are firmly held'upon a series of ties.

The body portion 1 of the tie intermediate its ends is provided. with anoblong opening 12 whereby the tie can be filled with concrete, ballastor similar material and tamped, after the same is postioned upon aroadbed.

When the ties are of equal length and the protuberances 5 and 6 properlyformed, that is, the proper distance from the ends of the tie, it willbe possible to easily gage the width of a track when laying the same.

We do not care to confine ourselves to the size, proportion or minordetails of Construction, as such changes as are permissible by theappended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with rails, of a series of metallic ties having bodyportions, depending side flanges, angularly disposed ends, lugs orprotuberances carried by said ties for gaging the rails, fastenerspunched from the body portions of said ties and holding said rails, saidties being arranged whereby said fasteners and said protuberancesalternately hold said rails substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

LA VERNE SIMPSON. JACOB STEIN. `Witnesses:

MAX H. SROLOVITZ, C. S. EDMAN.

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